The Vasa Museum is dedicated to a 17th century Swedish warship that sunk before it even left the harbor, thanks to an overzealous king who wanted two cannon decks rather than the standard one (among other impractical requests). It was pulled up nearly completely intact in the early 60s and still hasn't completely dried. This was a really interesting museum with an amazing array of well-preserved artifacts from the ship that give insight into 17th century naval warfare and life in Sweden. Falling into the small world after all category, Vasa has ties to Texas. Apparently, our friends the Aggies (and their world-class marine archeology program) have been called on to help preserve the ship. Read more about Vasa here.
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